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Table 1 Study characteristics

From: Psychosocial areas of worklife and chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Reference

N

Occupation

Country

Mean age (Years)

Females (%)

Design

Response rate

Exposures

Study quality

Aghilinejad, 2015 [4*]

185

blue collar

Iran

36

0

P

unknown

W + C + S

+

Alexopoulos, 2003 [50*]

351

pink collar

Greece

37

81

CS

90%

W + C (DA) + S (C, SS)

+

Brage, 2007 [51*]

1152

mixed collar

Norway

35

50

P

98% (permission of register follow-up)

C

+

Cameron, 2008 [52*]

303

pink collar

Canada

52

96

CS

61%

C (DA)

Elders, 2001 [53*]

288

blue collar

Netherlands

36

0

CS

85% (baseline)

W + C

Eriksen, 2004 [54*]

4266

pink collar

Norway

45

96

P

62.3% (baseline) 89.3 (follow-up 1) 85.6 (follow-up 2)

S (S)

+

Eriksen, 2006 [47*]

779

pink collar

Netherlands

40

84

CS

60%

W + C (DA, SD) + S (C, SS)

+

Feng, 2007 [55*]

244

pink collar

China

43

100

CS

91.3%

W + C (DA, SD) + S (C, SS)

+

Hooftman, 2009 [56*]

1259

mixed collar

Netherlands

36

31

P

87% (baseline) 92% (for at least one follow-up)

W + C (SD) + S (C, SS)

+

Hoogendoorn, 2001 [57*]

861

mixed collar

Netherlands

36

30

P

87% (baseline)

W + C (DA, SD) + S (C, SS)

+

Latza, 2002 [58*]

488

blue collar

Germany

32

0

P

85.5% (follow-up) [for baseline not determined]

W + C (DA) + S

+

Matsudaira, 2012 [59*]

836

mixed collar

Japan

44

12

P

86.5% (baseline) 71.6% (follow-up 1) 84.0% (follow-up 2)

W + C (DA, SD) + S (C, SS)

+

Matsudaira, 2015 [60*]

171

blue collar

Japan

42

29

P

86.5% (baseline) 71.8% (follow-up)

R

++

Melloh, 2013 [61*]

169

mixed collar

New Zealand

36

62

P

74% (baseline) 54% (across all follow-ups)

W + S

Messing, 2009 [62*]

7757

mixed collar

Canada

36

42

CS

82% / 84% (interviewer-administered / self-administered questionnaire)

W

Tsigonia, 2009 [63*]

102

pink collar

Greece

38

93

CS

90%

W + C (SD) + S (C)

+

van den Heuvel, 2004 [64*]

787

mixed collar

Netherlands

36

31

P

87% (baseline)

W + C (DA, SD) + S (C, SS)

+

Violante, 2004 [65*]

858

pink collar

Italy

36

100

CS

95.2%

W + R

  1. N Sample size, Age Mean age in sample, Females Percentage of females in sample, P Prospective, CS Cross-sectional; Exposures assessed: W Workload, C Control, DA Decision authority, SD Skill discretion, S Social support, C Colleague, SS Supervisor, R Reward, ++ = high, + = medium, – = low